CRT Monitors Fight Back

This is a watershed year in desktop displays: Dollars spent on LCD monitors will exceed those spent on CRT monitors for the first time ever, according to estimates from the market researchers at iSupply/ Stanford Resources.

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This is a watershed year in desktop displays: Dollars spent on LCD monitors will exceed those spent on CRT monitors for the first time ever, according to estimates from the market researchers at iSupply/ Stanford Resources. CRT manufacturers are not sitting at the sidelines, watching as LCDs nibble away at market share, however. But thanks to faster response times, CRTs are still a better choice than LCDs for fast-moving games and videos. And CRTs continue to evolve, taking on some of the attractive attributes of LCDs while maintaining a strong cost advantage over the thinned competition.

Two new 17-inch monitors from NEC-Mitsubishi and Samsung are part of the latest wave of innovation, attempting to keep CRTs fresh and competitive. Both have flat-faced picture tubes to reduce glare from ambient light (one of the attractive features of LCD monitors), but that's not news. The news is that both have extra-bright modes that provide a brighter image than most current CRTs.

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